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Kirkcaldy Film Festival 2

INTRODUCTIONI’m absolutely delighted to have been asked to be a patron of KirkcaldyFilm Festival for a second successive year. Growing up in Fife, I wasgripped by drama, the way it resonates and even changes people’s lives,and I love the idea that a festival like this can help to create a prominent place for cinema back in my old stomping ground.

I’m proud to support a festival which brings a diverse programme of independent cinema and true classics to Kirkcaldy, one that shows film can be inspiring and educational as well as entertaining.

DOUGRAY SCOTT, Patron, Kirkcaldy Film Festival

Three, said De La Soul, is the magic number. As we look forward to the third Kirkcaldy Film Festival, I’m inclined to agree: with another sumptuous selection of classics and the finest new independent cinema,there’s definitely some cinematic magic in the air.

We’ll be taking over Kirkcaldy’s Waterfront for an atmospheric 40th anniversary screening of Jaws, and showing two Hitchcock masterpieces,one of which – The 39 Steps – features a link to Kirkcaldy. There’s a special Gala screening of Michael Caine classic The Ipcress File, andwe’ll be celebrating the work of Dougray Scott with a hand-pickedscreening of To Kill a King. The festival is also a showcase for the futureof cinema, with shorts made by young filmmakers and a retrospective ofwork by Tayport-raised John Maclean, whose debut feature Slow Westwowed the Sundance Film Festival in January.

With animation, action, comedy, drama, horror and thrillsby the bucket-load, you’d better make sure you’re sitting comfortably: the show is about to begin…

ALAN MORRISON, Artistic Director,Kirkcaldy Film Festival


JAWS40th ANNIVERSARYSCREENING

Thurs 17 Sept I 8.30pm I FREEKirkcaldy Waterfront Viewing Platform

Dir: Steven Spielberg I US I 1975 I 119 mins I 12A

Starring: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss

Free ticket must be booked as spaces are limited. Dress for the weather. No alcohol permitted. Tickets should be picked up in advance from Adam Smith Theatre.

The modern blockbuster era didn’t kick off with Imperial Stormtroopers and Jedi Knights. It beganexactly 40 years ago when a fin sliced through thewater and made the world shudder at the thoughtof ever dipping a toe in the ocean again.

Steven Spielberg was only 28 when he made cinema history with a film about a great white sharkterrorising the seaside town of Amity Island, and it’s still as scary as it ever was, with John Williams’sfamous theme enough in itself to set the heart racing.

Kirkcaldy Film Festival will screen this classic in aspecial outdoor cinema setting on the town’s Waterfront. Was that just a seal in the Forth behind you? Are you sure?


Fri 18 Sept I 10amTickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)Dir: Alfred Hitchcock I US I 1960

109 mins I 15

Starring: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins

Alfred Hitchcock’s horror movie about life – and death – behind closed doors at theBates Motel is a masterclass in suspense,and a thrillingly potent experience on thebig screen. Its terror tricks and shock tactics have been much copied butrarely equalled: try making a stabbinghigh-pitched violin sound when someoneis in the shower, and see how they jump.

As in previous years, this schools screening will be open to the general public, and afterwards Hannah McGill –journalist, broadcaster and former ArtisticDirector of the Edinburgh International FilmFestival – will join KFF’s Alan Morrison fora discussion of Psycho and Hitchcock’slegacy.

PSYCHOPost-film discussion with Hannah McGilland Alan Morrison.


80th ANNIVERSARYSCREENING

Fri 18 Sept I 2pm I Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock I UK I 1935 I 109 mins I U

Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peggy Ashcroft

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous adventure novels of all time, John Buchan’s The 39 Steps, as well as the 80th anniversary of the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s big screen adaptation. Buchan attended schoolin Kirkcaldy, and the film features a rather famous Rail Bridge not too far from Adam Smith Theatre…

After the screening, John Buchan’s granddaughter Ursula Buchanwill discuss both Hitchcock’s adaptation and the original novel with Alan Morrison and Hannah McGill. Ursula is an award-winningjournalist and author in her own right, and was a regular columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator for many years.

THE 39STEPS

Post-film discussion with Ursula Buchan, Hannah McGill and Alan Morrison.


Fri 18 Sept I 7.30pm I Tickets free – book in advance

Dir: Charles Martin I UK I 2015 I 120 mins I 15

Starring: Peter Mullan, Christian Cooke, Brian Gleeson

Two years ago, Scotland mourned the loss of one of its greatestliterary sons when the celebrated Dunfermline-born novelist Iain Banks died of cancer. BBC Scotland’s two-part dramatisationof his 2012 novel Stonemouthwas broadcast earlier this year and,as a tribute to one of our favourite Fifers, Kirkcaldy Film Festival willscreen both episodes together as a single feature. It’s a visuallystunning adaptation of a typically Banksian tale of friendship, betrayal and simmering violence.

STONEMOUTH


Sat 19 Sept I 11am I Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)

Dirs: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen I US I 2015 I 94 mins I U

Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Kaitlyn Dias

The latest feature from Disney Pixar, Inside Out is yet another instant classic. Forced to move to San Francisco with her mum anddad, 11-year-old Riley’s life is out of whack. It’s up to the emotionsliving inside her head – the 5 squabbling characters of Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust – to somehow put everythingback in balance. The fantastically clever and witty script pushes allthe right emotional buttons even as the digital animation dazzlesthe eye. A future Oscar-winner, this one plays to the head and the heart...

INSIDE OUT


Sat 19 Sept I 2pm I Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)

Dir: John Maclean I UK I 2015 I 84mins I 15

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelson

Pitch Black Heist I UK I 2011 I 13 minsMan on a Motorcycle I UK I 2009 I 11 mins

Raised in Tayport, John Maclean came to prominence as a member of critically lauded experimental folkies The Beta Band inthe mid-90s. But it is as a film director that he is now making waves,as this collected programme of his work emphatically proves. Kirkcaldy Film Festival is proud to screen Maclean’s two short films,Man on a Motorcycle and Pitch Black Heist, plus his acclaimed debut feature Slow West (a “weirdly lyrical portrait offrontier life” full of “gallows humour”, according to Mark Kermode).All three star Michael Fassbender (Hunger, Prometheus, X-Men),and we’ll even throw in a couple of Maclean-directed Beta Bandvideos for good measure.

JOHN MACLEAN RETROSPECTIVE FEATURING

SLOW WEST


50th ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING

Sat 19 Sept I 7.30pm

Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)Dir: Sidney J Furie I UK I 1965 I 109 mins I PG

Starring: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Sue Lloyd

At the Scottish National Gallery’s current exhibition, you can see David Bailey’s 1965portrait of Michael Caine, catching the actor ata major crossroads. That was the year Cainebecame a star, thanks to his portrayal of theiconic Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File, basedon Len Deighton’s novel. Fifty years on, thedownbeat depiction of the Cold War era remains impressive, as does John Barry’sseminal music score. The film’s lean style wasa deliberate counterpunch to the knowing glitzof the James Bond franchise – but TheIpcress File has a glamour all of its own, andis in no way out of place in the same gala slotthat Goldfinger occupied last year.

Don your glad rags for a red carpet arrivaland enjoy live music from Fife Youth Artsand a glass of bubbly before the screening.

Dress Code: Sixties Groovieness

THE IPCRESS FILE


Sun 20 Sept I 2pm

Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)Dir: Mike Barker I UK I 2003 I 102mins I 12A

Starring: Dougray Scott, Tim Roth, Olivia Williams

Alan Morrison introduces his selection from the work of Festival patron Dougray Scott.

Kirkcaldy Film Festival patron Dougray Scott gives arguably the best performance of his career in this period drama, set during the English Civil War. Scottplays Sir Thomas Fairfax, who falls out with his friendand fellow parliamentarian Oliver Cromwell (Tim Roth)over the fate of the deposed King Charles I (a movingand elegant turn by Rupert Everett). At a time when interest in historical dramas is high, as proved by theenduring popularity of the likes of The Tudors and WolfHall, this gripping film is well worth revisiting.

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Sun 20 Sept I 12.30pm I Tickets free – book in advanceApprox 60 mins I 12A

This year, Kirkcaldy Film Festival and Fife Youth Arts put a call out for submissions of short films made by young filmmakers aged 25 or under. We received documentaries and dramas, comedies and thrillers, all bristlingwith a youthful energy. A few of those films have been selected to screen before some of the festival’s main features, but here we gather together aspecial selection of the entries as a platform for our stars of the future.

SHORT FILM SELECTION

TO KILL A KING


Sun 20 Sept I 4.30pm I Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)

Dir: Karoly Ujj Meszaros I Hungary I 2015 I 98 mins I 15

Starring: Monika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas, David Sakurai

The debut feature by Hungarian director Károly Ujj Mészáros, Liza,The Fox-Fairy is a fantastically vivid and surreal film that recalls thenovel impact ofAmelie in its delightfully oddball charms. Live-innurse Liza cares for the widow of the Japanese ambassador in1960s Budapest – though she prefers to think of herself as a mythical fox-fairy who has befriended the ghost of a Japanesesinger. Imagination runs riot in this strange, sexy and quite remarkable film.

LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY


Sun 20 Sept I 7.30pm I Tickets £7.50 (£6.50 conc)

Dir: Cosmino Spender I UK / Italy I 2015 I 92 mins I 15

Starring: Gigi Bruschelli, Giovanni Atzeni, Silvano Vigni

The Italian city of Siena provides a gorgeous backdrop to this gripping portrait of the biannual Palio horse race. No dry sportsdocumentary this: from the producer of the lauded Senna, it tells adramatic blood-on-the-cobbles story as a veteran jockey goeshead to head with a younger upstart, while accusations of briberyand crime-world intrigue simmer beneath. Heart-stopping action isto the fore in what Screen International called “a well-shaken cocktail of choreography, colour and corruption”. Combiningbreathtaking cinematography with feverish intensity, Palio, showinghere as a Scottish première, is as gripping as any thriller.

SCOTTISH PREMIÈRE

PALIO


BAFTA, Backstage at Kirkcaldy Film FestivalThur 3 Sept – Thur 1 Oct

Café and Upper Foyer, Adam Smith Theatre

BAFTA is delighted to share these images with Kirkcaldy FilmFestival audiences, offering you a glimpse behind the scenes of the biggest night in the UK film calendar: the BritishAcademy Film Awards.

The growth of BAFTA's award ceremonies in recent years hasled to a wider range of photographic coverage, including redcarpet reportage, auditorium arrivals, backstage areas, highquality studio portraiture as well as bespoke photo essays forthe official Awards brochures.

This display comprises selected work of BAFTA photographerscapturing talent at the British Academy Film Awards 2009 –2014. The photographs featured originate from a special exhibition BAFTA, Backstage which opened in January 2015.

Contributing photographers: Greg Williams, Ian Derry,Ellis Parrinder, Charlie Gray, Phil Fisk, Rich Hardcastle, Jessie Craig and Sarah Dunn.

This display also features a portrait of actor Dougray Scott taken for the BAFTA Television Awards Brochure in 2011 byphotographer Phil Fisk.

bafta.org.uk

How to book:ON THE PHONE: Call us on 01592 583302.

Opening hours 10am – 5.30pm Mon – Sat & later

on performance nights. Open from 11am on

Sunday 20 September

ONLINE: onfife.com It doesn’t matter if you’re booking in person

or online, we don’t have additional booking fees.

ON FOOT: Visit our Box Office at Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET.Opening hours

10am – 5.30pm Mon – Sat & later on performance nights.

Open from 11am on Sunday 20 September

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How to find us:Adam Smith Theatre is located in the centre of Kirkcaldy, and is

easily accessible by car or public transport. Kirkcaldy Train and Bus

Stations are within walking distance. Free parking is available at

Adam Smith Theatre and Kirkcaldy Train Station.

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Why not make your visit to the Kirkcaldy Film Festival even more

enjoyable with a bite to eat and a drink at our theatre café bar.

We serve freshly made meals, snacks and home baking and our

bar is open for all screenings. Our theatre café is open from

10am – 7.30pm on Friday 18 & Saturday 19 September and from

12 noon – 7.30pm on Sunday 20.

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Thur 17 Sept 8.30pm Jaws 40th anniversary screening

Fri 18 Sept 10am Psycho plus post-film discussion

2pm The 39 Steps plus post-film discussion

7.30pm Stonemouth

Sat 19 Sept 11am Inside Out

2pm John Maclean Retrospectivefeaturing Slow West

7.30pm The Ipcress File50th anniversary gala screening

Sun 20 Sept 12.30pm Short Film Selection

2pm To Kill A King

4.30pm Liza, The Fox-Fairy

7.30pm PalioScottish premiere

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filmfest 2015 A6 - ONFife artwork low.pdf · famous theme enough in itself to set the heart ... Alfred Hitchcock’s horror movie about life ... novel impact of Amelie in its delightfully